The school, known as Xers, is set up as an alternative provision. It focuses on teaching motorcycle maintenance on a part-time basis to boys aged 14 to 16 years (Key Stage 4), and occasionally to students in Key Stage 3. All places at Xers are commissioned by the local authority, the local authority’s behaviour support and tuition service, now known as the Alternative Learning and Progression Service (ALPS), or directly by local schools. The subjects students study are also specifically commissioned from a choice of motorcycle maintenance, English and mathematics. These complement the rest of their curriculum, which is provided by their schools or other alternative provision. There are currently 21 part-time students on roll, who come from seven local secondary schools and three special schools. They attend for one, two or three days per week. A very small number of students are commissioned to attend for four or exceptionally five days a week. These students are on the roll of ALPS or have been placed on Xers’ roll by the local authority on a temporary, short-term basis. All students have behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. Four students have statements of special educational needs, and two are looked after by the local authority. Xers was last inspected in January 2011. KWS Educational Services also runs other provision for students with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties aged 12 to 16 years in the Bedford area.